四分律行事鈔資持記 2.1499

2.1499

所持犯中，初科。古師出體，化行不分；今局律宗，專依行教。律藏雖廣，行相極繁；制聽二門，攝無不盡；以對機不等，立教有殊；若不兩分，體狀交雜；先標二教，其意在茲；故云以明也。（舊記以此為立體，誤矣。）

In "Object of Maintenance and Violation," the first section: ancient masters, in identifying the essence, did not separate transformative and disciplinary teachings; now, restricted to the Vinaya school, we exclusively rely on the disciplinary teaching. Although the Vinaya Piṭaka is broad and its marks of practice are extremely manifold, the two gates of prohibition and permission subsume them completely without remainder; because confronting faculties is unequal, establishing the teachings differs; if not separated into two, their substantial marks would be commingled; first marking the two teachings, the intention resides right here; therefore it says "in order to clarify." (The old records took this as establishing the essence, which is mistaken.)